NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M vs ATI Radeon X800 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M and ATI Radeon X800 GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M

ATI Radeon X800 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 475 MHz
3.4x more texture fill rate: 13 billion / sec vs 3.8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 110 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 504 vs 84

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 March 2009 vs 1 November 2005
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 475 MHz
Texture fill rate	13 billion / sec vs 3.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	504 vs 84

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 GT

Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 45 Watt
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 423 vs 407

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	423 vs 407

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X800 GT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

407

423

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

504

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M	ATI Radeon X800 GT
PassMark - G2D Mark	407	423
PassMark - G3D Mark	504	84

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M	ATI Radeon X800 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	R400
Code name	G94	R430
Launch date	3 March 2009	1 November 2005
Place in performance rating	375	376
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	475 MHz
CUDA cores	64
Floating-point performance	128 gflops
Gigaflops	192
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	64
Texture fill rate	13 billion / sec	3.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	160 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	DisplayPortHDMIDual Link DVILVDSSingle Link DVIVGA	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0b
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	51 GB / s	31.55 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed		986 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
MXM 3.0 Type-B
PCI-E 2.0
Power management	8.0
PowerMizer 8.0
PureVideo HD